appending file using “paste” command hack

$cat a.txt hello $cat b.txt killo $ls 1 a.txt b.txt l.txt trueangle u.txt $cat u.txt UPPERCASE $cat l.txt uppercase $cat a.txt >> b.txt >> l.txt >> u.txt $cat u.txt UPPERCASE hello $cat a.txt hello $cat 1 a.txt b.txt l.txt trueangle/ u.txt $cat l.txt uppercase $cat a.txt hello $cat a.txt >> b.txt $cat b.txt killo hello …

sample hack session with sort command

$sort -t: -k3 –debug /etc/passwd sort: using ‘en_US.UTF-8’ sorting rules root:x:0:0:root:/root:/bin/bash ________________________ _______________________________ jeffrin:x:1000:1000:Jeffrin Jose T,,,:/home/jeffrin:/bin/bash ___________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ uuidd:x:100:101::/run/uuidd:/bin/false ______________________________ ______________________________________ uucp:x:10:10:uucp:/var/spool/uucp:/usr/sbin/nologin ____________________________________________ ___________________________________________________ Debian-exim:x:101:103::/var/spool/exim4:/bin/false ____________________________________ __________________________________________________ statd:x:102:65534::/var/lib/nfs:/bin/false __________________________________ __________________________________________ sshd:x:103:65534::/var/run/sshd:/usr/sbin/nologin __________________________________________ _________________________________________________ messagebus:x:104:106::/var/run/dbus:/bin/false _________________________________ ______________________________________________ colord:x:105:109:colord colour management daemon,,,:/var/lib/colord:/bin/false _____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ usbmux:x:106:46:usbmux daemon,,,:/home/usbmux:/bin/false _______________________________________________ ________________________________________________________ avahi:x:107:113:Avahi mDNS daemon,,,:/var/run/avahi-daemon:/bin/false _____________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________________ pulse:x:108:114:PulseAudio daemon,,,:/var/run/pulse:/bin/false ______________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ …